Oldest Center of Stock Farming

The oldest center of stock farming (sheep, goats, pigs, and cows) can be traced to the Armenian Plateau. Dr. Melinda A. Zeder (“Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, Diffusion and impact”) argues that the Neolithic revolution spread from the Armenian Plateau through colonization and cultural diffusion, into Europe and elsewhere. On the slopes of volcanic massifs of Armenia, 3,000 meters above sea level, one can find whole galleries of rock drawings of agricultural motives. Some of the petroglyphs date from the 12th and 11th centuries B.C.  

The oldest center of stock farming (sheep, goats, pigs, and cows) can be traced to the Armenian Plateau. Dr. Melinda A. Zeder (“Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, Diffusion and impact”) argues that the Neolithic revolution spread from the Armenian Plateau through colonization and cultural diffusion, into Europe and elsewhere. On the slopes of volcanic massifs of Armenia, 3,000 meters above sea level, one can find whole galleries of rock drawings of agricultural motives. Some of the petroglyphs date from the 12th and 11th centuries B.C.